A dimethacrylate cross-linker cleavable under thermolysis or alkaline hydrolysis conditions: Synthesis, polymerization, and degradation
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2016ISSN
1359-7345Source
Chemical CommunicationsVolume
52Issue
15Pages
3135-3138Google Scholar check
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We develop a new platform based on 2,6-pyridinediethanol diesters for introducing polymer degradability under thermolysis or alkaline hydrolysis conditions, with the latter being rare in polymers. Such labile diesters can be cross-linkers, bifunctional initiators and inimers. We demonstrate the power of this platform through the synthesis of the 2,6-pyridinediethanol dimethacrylate cross-linker, its controlled (co)polymerization, and the thermal and hydrolytic cleavage of its (co)polymers. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016.